Word: big-shot
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...come out into the open. He chose a running mate, Senator Walter Mondale, who has a 94% approval rating from the Americans for Democratic Action, an apparent liberal's liberal. At the Democratic Convention, Carter delivered an avowedly Populist sermon that attacked the "political and economic elite," the "big-shot crooks" who never go to jail, and the "unholy, self-perpetuating alliances [that] have been formed between money and politics." Among other things, he repeated his endorsement of the idea of a national health system-an expensive proposition for an anti-Government candidate to advance in an anti-Government...
...change their perceptions of him. He spoke of a "political and economic elite" that can "always manage to occupy niches of special influence and privilege." He decried "unholy, self-perpetuating alliances [that] have been formed between money and politics." And he declared that he could "see no reason why big-shot crooks should go free and the poor ones go to jail." By way of balance he asserted that "Democrats believe that competition is preferable to regulation," called for "minimal intrusions of government in our free economic system" and urged "swift arrest and trial" for lawbreakers...
...these are only the major figures. There are countless lesser lights, all of whom Liz beds in the book: a Watergate lawyer and a top lobbyist, a defense contractor and some big-shot constituents. Though Liz suffers a minor disappointment at the end, when Battle goes off to marry a preferred mistress, she seems happy enough. She is promoted to Mistress No. 1, effective his wedding day, and in her final lines expresses her joy at being so close to the seat of power...
...over now." Martha Shelly, poet, says that "the average man, including the average stu dent male radical, wants a passive sex object cum domestic cum baby nurse to clean up after him while he does all the fun things and bosses her around ?while he plays either big-shot male executive or Che Guevara?and he is my oppressor and my enemy." Another example of that oppression: Audrey, a student at San Fernando Valley State College, thought her male roommate was very enlightened because he urged her to get involved with the movement. To her horror, she is beginning...
...Bodenheim's wife. A former mental patient, he appeared in court for arraignment on the charges and began singing The Star-Spangled Banner. "Are you a Communist?" he asked the magistrate. Minutes later he interrupted his court-appointed lawyer and began pounding his desk. "I need some big-shot attorney who believes in the American flag. I don't want any lawyer. I'm for the public. The public is for me. I'm normal." His outburst made his condition clear. He was declared unfit to stand trial; after being diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic...